OK - I had 'the impression' this was an unrestricted freebie from M$ for legit 7/8 holders and no-one in their right mind would risk running the upgrade with its uncertainties on a machine on which they depended!

Think of the average computer user. They turn it on, they log onto the single account that they created using the OOBE wizard when they bought the thing, their cable company connected it to the internet for them. I'll bet over 50% of computer users would have no idea how to even do the upgrade if it was anything more than pushed via Windows Update or given to them on a disk or flash drive with printed instructions let alone make a backup image and full restore or dual boot. Most of them probably think dual boot means having both a left and right.

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I've tried every which way to test/search etc to find out what I will not be able to run in 10 OR what I will have lost should I take the 'revert' option to 7 within the 1 month limit. A few things depend on the set up I have at present. Running in Virtual Box does not seem to produce the 'upgrade' icon so I am stumped there.

One observation that puzzles me - with a dual-boot, the system appears to 'lose' my normal profile folder on my original drive in 'Users' so I cannot access that.

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X1300 and Windows 10 problem / query.Good morning,
My Son has a 'basic' pc which is happily running Windows 7 Home Premium.
The reserve Windows 10 app started and checked his PC, but says that Windows 10 cannot be installed due to his Radeon X1300 graphics doesn't have an...

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Windows 10 Insider Preview to Service Pack 1 Migration QueryI have a genuine Windows 8.1 Pro build installed in my system, and it unfortunately is plagued with such stubborn viruses right now that I have decided to completely format my system.
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Urgent Query regarding windows upgradei have recently installed fresh windows 7 sp1 on my lappy and registered it and installed all updates etc. but i dont want to stay on 7 rather i want to upgrade to windows 8.1 so can i do it? How ?
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Windows Defender Update QueryOn first April my Update History show Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB22676602 (Definition 1.195.1311.0) successfully installed on 01/04/2015 (UK date settings!)
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